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ROAD SAFETY STATISTICAL SUMMARYOctober 2015

TRANSPORT ACCIDENT COMMISSION

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ContentsStatus Report............................................................................................................................4

Fatalities...............................................................................................................................4Claims involving an acute hospital admission*.....................................................................5

Fatalities: 12 months to October 2015.....................................................................................6Claims involving acute hospitalisation over 14 days: 12 months to April 2015 (claim acceptance date)......................................................................................................................8Claims involving an acute hospital admission: 12 months to April 2015 (claim acceptance date) ......................................................................................................................................10Fatalities: Victorian monthly totals since 1951 ......................................................................12Fatalities by Week (2009 to 2015) .........................................................................................13The National Picture ..............................................................................................................14Booze-Bus Random Breath Testing ........................................................................................15Mobile Safety Camera Data ...................................................................................................15Explanations and References .................................................................................................16Useful Internet Sites ..............................................................................................................17Figures ...................................................................................................................................18

Note about the data in this report All data provided in this report is the data most recently available at time of

production. Fatalities, breath-test data and safety camera data are updated to the end of report month. A 6-month lag applies to TAC claims data.

Reported data will have one extra day of exposure for leap years. Data is subject to revision as additional information about known accidents/claims is

received, and as new accident/claim reports are received and processed.*An acute hospital admission refers to a hospital admission that occurred within 7 days of accident.

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Status Report

Fatalities The rolling 12 month number of road fatalities in October 2015 stands at 259.

The number of fatalities in 2014 stood at 260 (1% up). 28 people were fatally injured in October 2015 on Victorian roads. This compares

to 19 in October 2014.

Fatalities (rolling 12 month, to end October 2015)Category 2015 2014 2013 2015 v 2014 2015 v 2013 5 Year Av

Fatal Injuries (Rolling 12 Month Total)

Fatal (to October) 259 260 240 -1 (-0%) +19 (+8%)per 10,000 veh 0.56 0.58 0.54 -0.02 (-3%) +0.02 (+4%) 0

per 100,000 pop 4.37 4.46 4.20 -0.09 (-2%) +0.17 (+4%) 4

Accidents (Rolling 12 Month Total)Fatal (to October) 237 232 220 5 (+2%) 17 (+8%)per 10,000 veh 0.52 0.51 0.50 +0.01 (+2%) +0.02 (+4%) 0

per 100,000 pop 4.00 3.98 3.85 0.02 (+1%) 0.15 (+4%) 4

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Claims involving an acute hospital admission*(by claim acceptance date – rolling 12 month, to midnight 30 April 2015)

Category 2015 2014 2013 2015 v 2014 2015 v 2013 5 Year Av

Claims involving an acute hospitalisation over 14 days (Rolling 12 Month Total)

Claims (to April) 896 911 882 -15 (-2%) +14 (+2%)per 100,000 pop 15.2 15.8 15.6 -0.6 (-4%) -0.4 (-3%) 15per 10,000 veh 2.0 2.0 2.0 0.0 (+0%) 0.0 (+0%)

All claims involving an acute hospitalisation (Rolling 12 Month Total)

Claims (to April) 6,048 5,980 5,271 +68 (+1%) +777 (+15%) 5,per 100,000 pop 102.9 103.6 93.1 -0.7 (-1%) +9.8 (+11%) 100per 10,000 veh 13.3 13.4 12.1 -0.1 (-1%) +1.2 (+10%) 13

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Fatalities: 12 months to October 2015Category 2015 2014 2013 2015 v 2014 2015 v 2013 5 Year Av

OverviewFatalities 259 260 240 -1 (-0%) +19 (+8%) 264Accidents 237 232 220 +5 (+2%) +17 (+8%) 241

SexFemale 74 74 80 (0%) -6 (-8%)Male 185 186 160 -1 (-1%) +25 (+16%) 187

RoaduserBicyclist 10 8 5 +2 (+25%) +5 (+100%)Driver 127 121 123 +6 (+5%) +4 (+3%) 126Motorcyclist 33 31 40 +2 (+6%) -7 (-18%)Passenger 54 54 41 0 (0%) +13 (+32%)Pedestrian 35 46 31 -11 (-24%) +4 (+13%)

LocationMelbourne 123 109 101 +14 (+13%) +22 (+22%) 118Rural Victoria 136 151 139 -15 (-10%) -3 (-2%) 146

Agegroup0-4 3 3 0 0 (0%) +3 NA5-15 3 10 7 -7 (-70%) -4 (-57%)16-17 12 4 4 +8 (+200%) +8 (+200%)18-20 19 14 18 +5 (+36%) +1 (+6%)21-25 21 28 29 -7 (-25%) -8 (-28%)26-29 23 19 13 +4 (+21%) +10 (+77%)30-39 35 38 31 -3 (-8%) +4 (+13%)40-49 36 27 33 +9 (+33%) +3 (+9%)50-59 28 37 22 -9 (-24%) +6 (+27%)60-69 28 32 30 -4 (-13%) -2 (-7%)

70+ 49 48 52 +1 (+2%) -3 (-6%)

AlctimeHigh (Melb) 64 57 58 +7 (+12%) +6 (+10%)High (Rural) 59 57 55 +2 (+4%) +4 (+7%)High (Vic) 123 114 113 +9 (+8%) +10 (+9%) 126Low (Melb) 59 52 43 +7 (+13%) +16 (+37%)Low (Rural) 77 94 84 -17 (-18%) -7 (-8%)Low (Vic) 136 146 127 -10 (-7%) +9 (+7%) 138

Accident TypeIntersection

Adjacent direction 40 31 31 +9 (+29%) +9 (+29%)Opposing direction 12 7 2 +5 (+71%) +10 (+500%)

Mid-block/otherSame direction 14 7 18 +7 (+100%) -4 (-22%)Manoeuvre/o'taking 19 9 11 +10 (+111%) +8 (+73%)On path 5 9 1 -4 (-44%) +4 (+400%)Single vehicle 97 100 101 -3 (-3%) -4 (-4%) 107Other (incl peds) 39 51 38 -12 (-24%) +1 (+3%)


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Fatalities: 12 months to October 2015 – ContinuedCategory 2015 2014 2013 2015 v 2014 2015 v 2013 5 Year Av

Police Service Area (based on Local Government Area (see p.13)BALLARAT 4 5 6 -1 (-20%) -2 (-33%)BANYULE 4 0 3 +4 +1 (+33%)BASS COAST 3 10 6 -7 (-70%) -3 (-50%)BAW BAW 1 6 6 -5 (-83%) -5 (-83%)BENALLA 16 7 10 +9 (+129%) +6 (+60%)BENDIGO 4 4 7 0 (0%) -3 (-43%)BOROONDARA 3 2 6 +1 (+50%) -3 (-50%)BRIMBANK 5 4 5 +1 (+25%) 0 (0%)CAMPASPE 4 7 4 -3 (-43%) 0 (0%)CARDINIA 7 8 1 -1 (-13%) +6 (+600%)CASEY 4 6 6 -2 (-33%) -2 (-33%)CENTRAL GOLDFIELDS 2 3 3 -1 (-33%) -1 (-33%)DAREBIN 2 2 1 0 (0%) +1 (+100%)EAST GIPPSLAND 12 3 4 +9 (+300%) +8 (+200%)FRANKSTON 1 6 0 -5 (-83%) +1GEELONG 4 6 12 -2 (-33%) -8 (-67%)GLEN EIRA 3 6 6 -3 (-50%) -3 (-50%)GREATER DANDENONG 7 3 5 +4 (+133%) +2 (+40%)HOBSONS BAY 2 0 3 +2 -1 (-33%)HORSHAM 6 1 5 +5 (+500%) +1 (+20%)HUME 6 4 11 +2 (+50%) -5 (-45%)KINGSTON 2 5 8 -3 (-60%) -6 (-75%)KNOX 5 6 4 -1 (-17%) +1 (+25%)LA TROBE 4 3 7 +1 (+33%) -3 (-43%)MACEDON RANGES 7 11 5 -4 (-36%) +2 (+40%)MANNINGHAM 0 1 2 -1 (-100%) -2 (-100%)MARIBYRNONG 4 1 3 +3 (+300%) +1 (+33%)MAROONDAH 2 1 1 +1 (+100%) +1 (+100%)MELBOURNE 6 3 2 +3 (+100%) +4 (+200%)MELTON 6 9 3 -3 (-33%) +3 (+100%)MILDURA 1 6 3 -5 (-83%) -2 (-67%)MITCHELL 10 5 7 +5 (+100%) +3 (+43%)MONASH 3 3 4 0 (0%) -1 (-25%)MOONEE VALLEY 3 4 1 -1 (-25%) +2 (+200%)MOORABOOL 5 7 8 -2 (-29%) -3 (-38%)MORELAND 3 6 1 -3 (-50%) +2 (+200%)MORNINGTON PENINSULA 13 6 2 +7 (+117%) +11 (+550%)NILLUMBIK 2 1 0 +1 (+100%) +2NORTHERN GRAMPIANS 2 6 4 -4 (-67%) -2 (-50%)PORT PHILLIP 1 2 3 -1 (-50%) -2 (-67%)SHEPPARTON 7 2 5 +5 (+250%) +2 (+40%)SOUTHERN GRAMPIANS 6 6 2 0 (0%) +4 (+200%)STONNINGTON 4 3 2 +1 (+33%) +2 (+100%)SURF COAST 10 4 3 +6 (+150%) +7 (+233%)SWAN HILL 3 8 7 -5 (-63%) -4 (-57%)WANGARATTA 8 11 11 -3 (-27%) -3 (-27%)WARRNAMBOOL 8 16 7 -8 (-50%) +1 (+14%)WELLINGTON 4 7 3 -3 (-43%) +1 (+33%)WHITEHORSE 4 3 1 +1 (+33%) +3 (+300%)WHITTLESEA 5 4 4 +1 (+25%) +1 (+25%)WODONGA 4 7 4 -3 (-43%) 0 (0%)WYNDHAM 7 4 4 +3 (+75%) +3 (+75%)YARRA 1 0 2 +1 -1 (-50%)YARRA RANGES 9 6 7 +3 (+50%) +2 (+29%)


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Claims involving acute hospitalisation over 14 days: 12 months to April 2015 (claim acceptance date)Category 2015 2014 2013 2015 v 2014 2015 v 2013 5 Year Av

OverviewClaims 896 911 882 -15 (-2%) +14 (+2%) 894

SexFemale 374 378 366 -4 (-1%) +8 (+2%) 365Male 520 533 515 -13 (-2%) +5 (+1%) 528

RoaduserDriver 353 361 388 -8 (-2%) -35 (-9%) 355Passenger 134 152 139 -18 (-12%) -5 (-4%) 142Motorcyclist 183 151 124 +32 (+21%) +59 (+48%) 161Pedestrian 163 198 177 -35 (-18%) -14 (-8%) 180Cyclist 33 33 32 0 (0%) +1 (+3%) 36Train/Tram 11 4 7 +7 (+175%) +4 (+57%)

LocationMelbourne 566 586 550 -20 (-3%) +16 (+3%) 575Rural Victoria 302 313 329 -11 (-4%) -27 (-8%) 310

Agegroup0-4 4 2 2 +2 (+100%) +2 (+100%)5-15 16 12 9 +4 (+33%) +7 (+78%) 1316-17 10 13 18 -3 (-23%) -8 (-44%) 1718-20 46 63 64 -17 (-27%) -18 (-28%) 5621-25 80 79 81 +1 (+1%) -1 (-1%) 8226-29 54 42 38 +12 (+29%) +16 (+42%) 5130-39 110 96 113 +14 (+15%) -3 (-3%) 10940-49 114 122 113 -8 (-7%) +1 (+1%) 11750-59 101 110 104 -9 (-8%) -3 (-3%) 10360-69 101 112 101 -11 (-10%) 0 (0%) 10570+ 260 260 239 0 (0%) +21 (+9%) 237

AlctimeHigh (Melb) 209 247 242 -38 (-15%) -33 (-14%) 241High (Rural) 119 119 127 0 (0%) -8 (-6%) 123High (Vic) 328 366 369 -38 (-10%) -41 (-11%) 364Low (Melb) 357 339 308 +18 (+5%) +49 (+16%) 333Low (Rural) 183 194 202 -11 (-6%) -19 (-9%) 187Low (Vic) 540 533 510 +7 (+1%) +30 (+6%) 520


Adjacent direction 97 113 126 -16 (-14%) -29 (-23%) 114Opposing direction 47 68 51 -21 (-31%) -4 (-8%) 58

Mid-block/otherSame direction 89 72 80 +17 (+24%) +9 (+11%) 85Manoeuvre/o'taking 53 62 64 -9 (-15%) -11 (-17%) 56On path 35 21 21 +14 (+67%) +14 (+67%) 24Single vehicle 280 240 236 +40 (+17%) +44 (+19%) 251Other (incl peds) 211 245 220 -34 (-14%) -9 (-4%) 222

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Claims involving acute hospitalisation over 14 days: 12 months to April 2015 (claim acceptance date) – ContinuedCategory 2015 2014 2013Police Service Area (based on Local Government Area (see p.13)

2015 v 2013 2015 v 2014 5 Year Av

BALLARAT 13 23 13 -10 (-43%) 0 (0%) 16BANYULE 8 8 12 0 (0%) -4 (-33%) 10BASS COAST 18 19 14 -1 (-5%) +4 (+29%) 16BAW BAW 12 6 9 +6 (+100%) +3 (+33%) 10BENALLA 25 15 21 +10 (+67%) +4 (+19%) 21BENDIGO 8 15 15 -7 (-47%) -7 (-47%) 16BOROONDARA 21 25 17 -4 (-16%) +4 (+24%) 23BRIMBANK 30 18 24 +12 (+67%) +6 (+25%) 23CAMPASPE 5 7 8 -2 (-29%) -3 (-38%)CARDINIA 17 10 12 +7 (+70%) +5 (+42%) 15CASEY 31 27 28 +4 (+15%) +3 (+11%) 26CENTRAL GOLDFIELDS 2 7 8 -5 (-71%) -6 (-75%)DAREBIN 16 17 21 -1 (-6%) -5 (-24%) 17EAST GIPPSLAND 10 7 13 +3 (+43%) -3 (-23%) 11FRANKSTON 17 12 11 +5 (+42%) +6 (+55%) 15GEELONG 25 30 37 -5 (-17%) -12 (-32%) 29GLEN EIRA 19 39 22 -20 (-51%) -3 (-14%) 29GREATER DANDENONG 18 35 20 -17 (-49%) -2 (-10%) 26HOBSONS BAY 8 13 11 -5 (-38%) -3 (-27%) 10HORSHAM 7 5 8 +2 (+40%) -1 (-13%)HUME 26 23 27 +3 (+13%) -1 (-4%) 25KINGSTON 22 24 19 -2 (-8%) +3 (+16%) 20KNOX 13 19 20 -6 (-32%) -7 (-35%) 16LA TROBE 13 10 13 +3 (+30%) 0 (0%) 14MACEDON RANGES 17 21 17 -4 (-19%) 0 (0%) 17MANNINGHAM 11 14 20 -3 (-21%) -9 (-45%) 14MARIBYRNONG 7 7 15 0 (0%) -8 (-53%) 12MAROONDAH 4 8 4 -4 (-50%) 0 (0%)MELBOURNE 31 29 33 +2 (+7%) -2 (-6%) 31MELTON 14 12 18 +2 (+17%) -4 (-22%) 13MILDURA 6 7 7 -1 (-14%) -1 (-14%)MITCHELL 13 27 25 -14 (-52%) -12 (-48%) 18MONASH 19 23 17 -4 (-17%) +2 (+12%) 22MOONEE VALLEY 25 15 20 +10 (+67%) +5 (+25%) 18MOORABOOL 21 14 16 +7 (+50%) +5 (+31%) 15MORELAND 29 33 27 -4 (-12%) +2 (+7%) 27MORNINGTON PENINSULA 27 24 30 +3 (+13%) -3 (-10%) 29NILLUMBIK 9 5 8 +4 (+80%) +1 (+13%)NORTHERN GRAMPIANS 12 12 11 0 (0%) +1 (+9%)PORT PHILLIP 19 19 6 0 (0%) +13 (+217%) 13SHEPPARTON 8 13 16 -5 (-38%) -8 (-50%) 11SOUTHERN GRAMPIANS 10 10 8 0 (0%) +2 (+25%)STONNINGTON 16 12 11 +4 (+33%) +5 (+45%) 16SURF COAST 14 12 9 +2 (+17%) +5 (+56%) 13SWAN HILL 16 6 8 +10 (+167%) +8 (+100%)WANGARATTA 16 15 17 +1 (+7%) -1 (-6%) 17WARRNAMBOOL 11 13 14 -2 (-15%) -3 (-21%) 13WELLINGTON 10 6 11 +4 (+67%) -1 (-9%)WHITEHORSE 19 22 15 -3 (-14%) +4 (+27%) 20WHITTLESEA 19 24 23 -5 (-21%) -4 (-17%) 21WODONGA 10 13 11 -3 (-23%) -1 (-9%) 10WYNDHAM 26 19 23 +7 (+37%) +3 (+13%) 21YARRA 15 15 11 0 (0%) +4 (+36%) 13YARRA RANGES 30 35 25 -5 (-14%) +5 (+20%) 31

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Claims involving an acute hospital admission: 12 months to April 2015 (claim acceptance date)Category 2015 2014 2013 2015 v 2014 2015 v 2013 5 Year Av

OverviewClaims 6,048 5,980 5,271 +68 (+1%) +777 (+15%) 5,76

SexFemale 2,600 2,484 2,225 +116 (+5%) +375 (+17%) 2,43Male 3,441 3,490 3,044 -49 (-1%) +397 (+13%) 3,32

RoaduserDriver 2,709 2,666 2,520 +43 (+2%) +189 (+8%) 2,63Passenger 1,051 1,012 901 +39 (+4%) +150 (+17%) 1,01Motorcyclist 1,101 1,151 746 -50 (-4%) +355 (+48%) 987Pedestrian 628 654 616 -26 (-4%) +12 (+2%) 640Cyclist 405 383 341 +22 (+6%) +64 (+19%) 369Train/Tram 35 30 25 +5 (+17%) +10 (+40%)

LocationMelbourne 4,068 4,039 3,482 +29 (+1%) +586 (+17%) 3,88Rural Victoria 1,746 1,809 1,750 -63 (-3%) -4 (-0%) 1,79

Agegroup0-4 54 53 44 +1 (+2%) +10 (+23%)5-15 213 184 185 +29 (+16%) +28 (+15%) 19216-17 93 94 113 -1 (-1%) -20 (-18%) 11118-20 467 538 467 -71 (-13%) 0 (0%) 51721-25 750 772 630 -22 (-3%) +120 (+19%) 72026-29 487 452 393 +35 (+8%) +94 (+24%) 44430-39 939 878 814 +61 (+7%) +125 (+15%) 88340-49 911 904 768 +7 (+1%) +143 (+19%) 86350-59 779 743 676 +36 (+5%) +103 (+15%) 72260-69 539 553 462 -14 (-3%) +77 (+17%) 51770+ 816 809 719 +7 (+1%) +97 (+13%) 743

AlctimeHigh (Melb) 1,662 1,748 1,531 -86 (-5%) +131 (+9%) 1,70High (Rural) 719 720 734 -1 (-0%) -15 (-2%) 753High (Vic) 2,381 2,468 2,265 -87 (-4%) +116 (+5%) 2,45Low (Melb) 2,406 2,291 1,951 +115 (+5%) +455 (+23%) 2,18Low (Rural) 1,027 1,089 1,016 -62 (-6%) +11 (+1%) 1,03Low (Vic) 3,433 3,380 2,967 +53 (+2%) +466 (+16%) 3,22


Adjacent direction 731 854 759 -123 (-14%) -28 (-4%) 822Opposing direction 491 522 479 -31 (-6%) +12 (+3%) 485

Mid-block/otherSame direction 937 842 777 +95 (+11%) +160 (+21%) 887Manoeuvre/o'taking 323 346 300 -23 (-7%) +23 (+8%) 323On path 287 274 209 +13 (+5%) +78 (+37%) 238Single vehicle 1,754 1,653 1,405 +101 (+6%) +349 (+25%) 1,60Other (incl peds) 1,209 1,164 1,032 +45 (+4%) +177 (+17%) 1,07



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Claims involving an acute hospital admission: 12 months to April 2015 (claim acceptance date) – ContinuedCategory 2015 2014 2013Police Service Area (based on Local Government Area (see p.13)

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BALLARAT 77 103 89 -26 (-25%) -12 (-13%) 95BANYULE 58 57 63 +1 (+2%) -5 (-8%) 60BASS COAST 90 90 67 0 (0%) +23 (+34%) 83BAW BAW 61 58 61 +3 (+5%) 0 (0%) 60BENALLA 110 117 110 -7 (-6%) 0 (0%) 118BENDIGO 91 78 108 +13 (+17%) -17 (-16%) 98BOROONDARA 131 154 112 -23 (-15%) +19 (+17%) 136BRIMBANK 156 139 138 +17 (+12%) +18 (+13%) 148CAMPASPE 34 34 39 0 (0%) -5 (-13%) 37CARDINIA 122 99 82 +23 (+23%) +40 (+49%) 100CASEY 274 264 209 +10 (+4%) +65 (+31%) 244CENTRAL GOLDFIELDS 31 28 30 +3 (+11%) +1 (+3%) 27DAREBIN 88 100 98 -12 (-12%) -10 (-10%) 98EAST GIPPSLAND 64 47 85 +17 (+36%) -21 (-25%) 64FRANKSTON 131 107 116 +24 (+22%) +15 (+13%) 131GEELONG 206 244 202 -38 (-16%) +4 (+2%) 226GLEN EIRA 177 202 146 -25 (-12%) +31 (+21%) 177GREATER DANDENONG 228 275 190 -47 (-17%) +38 (+20%) 221HOBSONS BAY 66 74 50 -8 (-11%) +16 (+32%) 66HORSHAM 32 31 31 +1 (+3%) +1 (+3%) 34HUME 192 168 132 +24 (+14%) +60 (+45%) 158KINGSTON 137 148 127 -11 (-7%) +10 (+8%) 134KNOX 112 121 83 -9 (-7%) +29 (+35%) 114LA TROBE 57 70 58 -13 (-19%) -1 (-2%) 65MACEDON RANGES 92 111 81 -19 (-17%) +11 (+14%) 89MANNINGHAM 68 69 77 -1 (-1%) -9 (-12%) 69MARIBYRNONG 60 78 61 -18 (-23%) -1 (-2%) 75MAROONDAH 57 56 56 +1 (+2%) +1 (+2%) 62MELBOURNE 243 254 236 -11 (-4%) +7 (+3%) 241MELTON 76 83 70 -7 (-8%) +6 (+9%) 76MILDURA 19 47 30 -28 (-60%) -11 (-37%) 36MITCHELL 109 99 96 +10 (+10%) +13 (+14%) 93MONASH 201 200 178 +1 (+0%) +23 (+13%) 181MOONEE VALLEY 133 110 107 +23 (+21%) +26 (+24%) 110MOORABOOL 101 116 97 -15 (-13%) +4 (+4%) 98MORELAND 165 144 125 +21 (+15%) +40 (+32%) 147MORNINGTON PENINSULA 155 145 122 +10 (+7%) +33 (+27%) 158NILLUMBIK 40 26 41 +14 (+54%) -1 (-2%) 38NORTHERN GRAMPIANS 55 30 43 +25 (+83%) +12 (+28%) 39PORT PHILLIP 163 133 103 +30 (+23%) +60 (+58%) 125SHEPPARTON 66 69 71 -3 (-4%) -5 (-7%) 65SOUTHERN GRAMPIANS 44 48 47 -4 (-8%) -3 (-6%) 47STONNINGTON 148 136 117 +12 (+9%) +31 (+26%) 133SURF COAST 70 72 50 -2 (-3%) +20 (+40%) 69SWAN HILL 43 35 36 +8 (+23%) +7 (+19%) 37WANGARATTA 92 103 96 -11 (-11%) -4 (-4%) 97WARRNAMBOOL 68 65 74 +3 (+5%) -6 (-8%) 81WELLINGTON 85 56 62 +29 (+52%) +23 (+37%) 72WHITEHORSE 102 116 103 -14 (-12%) -1 (-1%) 116WHITTLESEA 133 149 149 -16 (-11%) -16 (-11%) 137WODONGA 49 58 87 -9 (-16%) -38 (-44%) 63WYNDHAM 170 154 139 +16 (+10%) +31 (+22%) 147YARRA 116 118 83 -2 (-2%) +33 (+40%) 108YARRA RANGES 166 160 169 +6 (+4%) -3 (-2%) 177


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Fatalities: Victorian monthly totals since 19511951 61 59 52 38 29 411952 45 40 54 61 54 69 67 55 44 44 31 201953 23 28 54 58 49 42 50 37 44 27 36 321954 44 42 28 60 55 36 63 33 25 52 30 411955 44 36 45 55 48 56 64 44 44 32 40 401956 34 48 51 67 53 65 71 47 39 39 44 481957 50 41 46 58 52 54 57 53 51 46 32 491958 50 38 42 58 54 41 54 53 57 40 57 521959 50 57 61 50 75 55 42 48 52 55 63 631960 49 53 57 76 70 70 67 62 61 77 52 661961 63 57 68 74 58 68 78 82 59 62 60 651962 65 41 76 78 72 80 70 77 62 53 64 701963 67 56 65 85 66 68 77 55 55 58 61 671964 73 71 78 71 83 89 80 89 67 66 62 751965 63 64 86 88 80 87 79 69 81 77 68 871966 75 59 75 103 74 86 87 80 75 66 90 851967 61 79 91 97 81 71 59 67 70 68 60 831968 70 78 86 78 73 76 73 77 72 80 81 1051969 79 68 79 87 86 77 87 83 87 83 94 1011970 85 84 106 80 87 88 110 106 78 95 68 741971 83 75 77 68 76 86 85 72 78 73 74 761972 61 62 75 82 75 71 98 85 83 62 80 811973 75 75 95 85 64 66 61 85 89 88 66 861974 56 62 81 60 70 73 67 62 53 70 80 721975 67 65 87 73 97 94 57 75 69 66 71 891976 79 78 88 78 69 79 60 70 82 78 77 1001977 65 71 89 79 65 79 70 91 68 74 96 1071978 75 54 95 63 64 69 68 77 65 84 83 721979 63 60 86 75 45 64 66 75 69 79 72 931980 48 55 66 59 47 56 60 53 45 58 61 491981 69 60 58 61 74 65 61 63 68 71 59 571982 55 53 59 59 67 45 47 71 53 69 65 661983 42 59 53 63 62 61 65 51 59 43 54 521984 65 48 58 50 56 48 46 50 71 53 55 581985 56 47 50 65 75 50 51 50 58 61 56 641986 56 50 70 69 59 53 42 54 54 52 59 511987 62 43 57 52 63 59 62 49 62 61 55 801988 49 58 69 54 79 50 54 52 64 59 43 701989 76 65 80 59 67 73 52 65 82 50 41 661990 48 44 55 39 56 64 41 34 48 35 40 441991 45 39 70 30 34 29 44 47 41 36 35 531992 34 33 34 47 33 29 23 27 28 38 30 401993 27 40 37 39 44 33 33 27 34 39 43 401994 36 31 44 35 27 33 29 37 17 27 32 301995 38 35 26 33 34 41 27 34 34 32 38 461996 40 47 35 38 28 29 30 35 49 24 33 301997 36 25 30 30 40 22 39 26 26 29 39 351998 29 29 32 36 31 22 40 19 37 36 49 301999 32 31 35 35 34 24 35 26 28 38 29 372000 32 26 46 32 39 32 33 29 36 29 44 292001 44 30 31 32 31 41 34 37 35 51 41 372002 32 31 45 31 45 32 27 25 31 30 31 372003 21 41 36 28 31 28 20 23 23 24 24 312004 32 22 30 30 46 28 27 26 22 28 25 272005 33 27 47 21 29 23 30 25 25 33 17 362006 24 37 23 23 27 23 25 22 43 20 31 392007 23 23 32 25 26 28 28 20 23 37 26 412008 28 20 37 25 25 20 27 27 18 25 26 252009 31 18 23 32 19 30 19 21 14 28 21 342010 26 25 23 20 31 26 26 18 17 36 12 282011 18 20 34 31 30 24 25 14 12 22 30 272012 30 20 25 19 23 22 17 25 17 34 26 242013 14 24 24 19 18 13 24 20 19 15 23 302014 25 21 25 14 23 17 22 21 20 19 28 142015 25 22 23 21 21 22 18 25 13 28Ave 48 46 55 53 53 51 51 49 49 49 49 55Max 85 84 106 103 97 94 110 106 89 95 96 107Min 14 18 23 14 18 13 17 14 12 15 12 14


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Fatalities by Week (2009 to 2015)Week

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2015% Change2015-2014

12 Month Moving Tota

5-Jan 7 3 2 3 1 0 2 2 - 25112-Jan 10 5 6 7 3 5 5 7 +40% 25119-Jan 4 6 3 8 6 7 6 13 +8% 25026-Jan 4 5 4 9 4 9 2 15 -29% 2432-Feb 6 9 6 5 3 6 10 25 -7% 2479-Feb 6 7 5 3 8 4 6 31 0% 249

16-Feb 7 4 6 7 6 8 4 35 -10% 24523-Feb 4 8 3 6 6 2 6 41 0% 2492-Mar 1 7 3 2 2 6 4 45 -4% 2479-Mar 3 2 10 3 4 8 8 53 -4% 247

16-Mar 6 8 6 11 6 4 6 59 0% 24923-Mar 6 3 9 5 10 4 2 61 -3% 24730-Mar 8 7 9 6 2 6 3 64 -7% 244

6-Apr 5 4 6 7 4 6 3 67 -11% 24113-Apr 5 5 9 2 6 6 6 73 -10% 24120-Apr 11 7 7 6 4 2 8 81 -2% 24727-Apr 9 1 6 3 5 2 5 86 +1% 2504-May 6 6 6 10 6 3 4 90 +2% 251

11-May 7 8 6 2 3 4 6 96 +4% 25318-May 1 4 7 4 1 3 4 100 +5% 25425-May 2 11 10 6 2 5 4 104 +4% 253

1-Jun 6 5 5 2 9 9 5 109 0% 2498-Jun 4 7 4 8 2 2 5 114 +3% 252

15-Jun 9 4 6 3 3 2 4 118 +4% 25422-Jun 7 8 7 8 5 3 4 122 +5% 25529-Jun 9 7 6 3 1 8 5 127 +2% 252

6-Jul 3 7 4 2 5 6 11 138 +6% 25713-Jul 6 2 8 5 7 7 2 140 +2% 25220-Jul 4 3 6 5 4 3 2 142 +1% 25127-Jul 5 8 6 5 5 4 4 146 +1% 2513-Aug 4 10 3 1 8 4 6 152 +3% 253

10-Aug 7 3 5 5 1 5 4 156 +2% 25217-Aug 6 5 3 5 3 6 8 164 +3% 25424-Aug 3 5 2 6 6 4 8 172 +6% 25831-Aug 3 1 3 8 5 5 3 175 +4% 256

7-Sep 2 5 1 5 5 4 3 178 +3% 25514-Sep 4 1 4 6 2 6 3 181 +2% 25221-Sep 4 4 1 3 3 4 2 183 +1% 25028-Sep 3 5 5 3 8 3 5 188 +2% 252

5-Oct 2 9 4 7 3 4 4 192 +2% 25212-Oct 6 10 5 8 2 8 6 198 +1% 25019-Oct 8 5 3 9 3 0 6 204 +4% 25626-Oct 8 7 3 6 3 8 8 212 +3% 2562-Nov 5 8 8 6 6 29-Nov 3 1 6 7 8 3

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Total 290 288 287 282 243 249

2015 2014 2013 2015 2014 2013NSW 0.64 0.63 0.67 4.44 4.29 4.52

VIC 0.56 0.58 0.54 4.37 4.46 4.20QLD 0.62 0.61 0.76 4.94 4.86 5.97SA 0.86 0.72 0.77 6.83 5.70 6.05WA 0.75 0.82 0.81 6.26 6.94 6.71TAS 0.88 0.95 0.66 7.75 8.16 5.65NT 2.89 2.55 2.81 18.02 15.97 17.59ACT 0.42 0.32 0.33 3.09 2.33 2.36AUST TOTAL 0.67 0.66 0.69 5.09 5.01 5.26AUST minus VIC 0.70 0.69 0.75 5.24 5.16 5.54

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The National PictureState Fatalities (12 months to October)

2015 2014 2013 2012 2015 v 2014

NSW 338 322 334 385 +16 (+5%)

VIC 259 260 240 289 -1 (-0%)

QLD 236 229 277 293 +7 (+3%)SA 116 96 101 88 +20 (+21%)WA 164 178 168 182 -14 (-8%)TAS 40 42 29 31 -2 (-5%)NT 45 39 42 52 +6 (+15%)ACT 12 9 9 9 +3 (+33%)AUST TOTAL 1,210 1,174 1,200 1,329 +36 (+3%)AUST minus VIC 951 915 960 1,040 +36 (+4%)

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2014 2015Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep

Melbourne 100,252 86,261 99008 95,430 76,758 84,559 74,387 70,603 63,988 64,557 78,225 79Country 8,116 10,510 7,084 5,191 7,909 5,830 3,095 7,283 10,186 2,833 3,734Vic Total 108,368 96,771 106,092 100,621 84,667 90,389 77,482 77,886 74,174 67,390 81,959 84

12 months to September 2015 vs previous 12 months2015 2014 2013 2015 v 2014 2015 v 2013

Melbourne 1,172,395 1,060,175 1,062,075 +112220 (+11%) +110320 (+10Country 99,061 90,264 101,223 +8797 (+10%) -2162Vic Total 1,271,456 1,150,439 1,163,298 +121017 (+11%) +108158

Mobile Safety Camera DataSpeed Infringements Issued from Mobile Cameras (monthly totals) Monthly Average = 32,6642014 2015

Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Se35,422 32,416 28,732 37,982 31,250 31,144 33,790 30,434 33,386 36,437 31,001 29

Excessive Speed Infringements (ESI) Issued from Mobile Cameras(monthly totals) Monthly Average = 3032014 2015

Notes: An ESI is defined as 25km/h over the speed limit except in a 110km/h zone where it is 20km/h over the limit.

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Explanations and ReferencesHi-Alctime is those times of the day and week (shaded in the table below) when casualty crashes are ten times more likely to involve alcohol than casualty crashes at other (Lo-Alctime) times.

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Police Service Areas align with Local Government Areas. Most Police Service Areas are equivalent to a single Local Government Area, while the remainder comprise two or three Local Government Areas.

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BALLARAT BALLARAT, PYRENEES MAROONDAH MAROONDAH

BANYULE BANYULE MELBOURNE MELBOURNE

BASS COAST BASS COAST, SOUTH GIPPSLAND MELTON MELTON

BAW BAW BAWBAW MILDURA MILDURA

BENALLA BENALLA, MANSFIELD, MURRINDINDI MITCHELL MITCHELL, STRATHBOGIE

BENDIGO GREATER BENDIGO MONASH MONASH

BOROONDARA BOROONDARA MOONEE VALLEY MOONEE VALLEY

BRIMBANK BRIMBANK MOORABOOL GOLDEN PLAINS, HEPBURN, MOORABOOL

CAMPASPE CAMPASPE MORELAND MORELAND

CARDINIA CARDINIA MORNINGTON PENINSULA MORNINGTON PENINSULA

CASEY CASEY NILLUMBIK NILLUMBIK

CENTRAL GOLDFIELDS CENTRAL GOLDFIELDS, LODDON NORTHERN GRAMPIANS ARARAT, NORTHERN GRAMPIANS, YARRIAMBIACK

GREATER DANDENONG GREATER DANDENONG PORT PHILLIP PORT PHILLIP

DAREBIN DAREBIN SHEPPARTON GREATER SHEPPARTON

EAST GIPPSLAND EAST GIPPSLAND SOUTHERN GRAMPIANS GLENELG, SOUTHERN GRAMPIANS

FRANKSTON FRANKSTON STONNINGTON STONNINGTON

GEELONG GREATER GEELONG, QUEENSCLIFF SURFCOAST SURFCOAST, COLAC OTWAY

GLENEIRA GLENEIRA, BAYSIDE SWANHILL BULOKE, GANNAWARRA, SWAN HILL

HOBSONS BAY HOBSONSBAY WANGARATTA ALPINE, MOIRA, WANGARATTA

HORSHAM HINDMARSH, HORSHAM, WESTWIMMERA WARRNAMBOOL CORANGAMITE, MOYNE, WARRNAMBOOL

HUME HUME WELLINGTON WELLINGTON

KINGSTON KINGSTON WHITEHORSE WHITEHORSE

KNOX KNOX WHITTLESEA WHITTLESEA

LATROBE LATROBE WODONGA INDIGO, TOWONG, WODONGA

MACEDON RANGES MOUNT ALEXANDER, MACEDON RANGES WYNDHAM WYNDHAM

MANNINGHAM MANNINGHAM YARRA YARRA

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Useful Internet SitesTAC Sites

TAC Safety (Road Safety) www.tacsafety.com.au TAC How safe is your car www.howsafeisyourcar.com.au TAC Learners Log www.learnerslog.com.au TAC Motorcycle Safety Website www.spokes.com.au TAC Corporate site www.tac.vic.gov.au

Victorian Sites: VicRoads www.vicroads.vic.gov.au Victoria Police www.police.vic.gov.au Parliamentary Road Safety Committee www.parliament.vic.gov.au/rsc/ ARRB Transport Research www.arrb.com.au RACV www.racv.com.au Monash University Accident Research Centre www.monash.edu.au/muarc Roadsafe www.roadsafe.org.au Cameras Save Lives www.camerassavelives.vic.gov.au

National and Interstate Sites: Australian Transport Safety Bureau www.atsb.gov.au Roads and Traffic Authority (NSW) www.rta.nsw.gov.au Queensland Transport - Road Safety transport.qld.gov.au/Home/Safety/Road Department of Transport (SA) www.transport.sa.gov.au/index.htm Main Roads Western Australia - Road Safety www.mrwa.wa.gov.au

International Sites: National Highway Traffic Safety Admin (USA) www.nhtsa.dot.gov Swedish Road and Transport Institute (VTI) www.vti.se SWOV Institute for Road Safety Research www.swov.nl

Related Sites: Australian Drug Foundation www.adf.org.au Amy Gillett Foundation www.amygillett.org.au

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